Mining Incidents

Sun City Quarry: 84 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Scott R Bergkamp
Medicine Lodge, Barber County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401751

Sun City Quarry has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Jan 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
84
citations
16
significant & substantial
$18,894
proposed penalties
$18,894
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
34
inspections on record
448
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 448 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-08-01.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Sun City Quarry has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
19.5%
significant & substantial
4.9%
high negligence or reckless
19.5%
reasonably likely or greater
57.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.7% low, 91.5% moderate, 4.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2023-09-20
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-09-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 5.82 10 0.58 Cutting Mach Operator
2023-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-02-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-02-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-02-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2018-02-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Interstate Gypsum LLC 2012 to 2016
  2. Bob Bergkamp Construction Co., Inc 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 8
2024 5
2023 6
2022 6
2021 5
2020 5
2019 5
2018 5
2017 9
2016 7
2015 3
2014 3
2013 6
2012 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sun City Quarry sits in Barber County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 5.9% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Barber County, Kansas · Population 4,153
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$57,615
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 3,727 8 0 2146.5
2026 Q1 3,359 3 0 893.1
2025 Q4 3,092 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,029 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,460 6 1 1345.3
2025 Q1 2,375 2 0 842.1
2024 Q4 2,520 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,115 0 0 0.0
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,573 2 0 777.3
2024 Q1 2,491 3 1 1204.3
2023 Q4 3,336 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,299 1 0 435.0
2023 Q2 958 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,096 5 0 2385.5
2022 Q4 1,791 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,284 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,916 2 0 1043.8
2022 Q1 2,553 4 1 1566.8
2021 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,336 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,979 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,110 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,163 3 0 2579.5
2020 Q3 2,303 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,033 1 0 329.7
2020 Q1 2,488 4 0 1607.7
2019 Q4 4,613 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,673 8 4 2178.1
2019 Q2 3,105 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,350 1 0 425.5
2018 Q4 2,080 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,451 5 2 2040.0
2018 Q2 2,853 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,575 4 3 1553.4
2017 Q4 2,821 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,371 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,033 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 564 5 0 8865.2
2016 Q4 1,770 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,451 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,197 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,754 7 2 3990.9
2015 Q4 1,115 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 668 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 1,155 1 0 865.8
2014 Q4 1,686 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,068 6 1 5618.0
2014 Q2 1,861 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,850 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,106 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 570 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,936 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,946 3 1 760.3
2012 Q4 3,480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,635 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2021 · 1 incident

January 6, 2021 KS · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bob Bergkamp Construction Co., Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was standing on a gravel loading ramp leaning over and looking into a hopper. Subject lost balance and fell between the ramp and the hopper. Subject struck an I-beam on the hopper with right thigh causing a laceration. Subject then drove to the ER where EE received 8 stitches. Subject plans on returning to work the next day.